Social Issue

Winters in Mongolia are unimaginably hard, making Ulan Bator (Ulaanbaatar) the coldest capital in the world. The temperature often stays at -30ºC for weeks and lows of  -40º C are nothing unusual. There are many people of very little means that live piled up in shacks or even on the landings of staircases inside buildings.

Our Response

The project has consisted in the construction of ten gers or yurts (traditional Mongolian tents/houses) for 10 families of little or no means. Each ger was also equipped with a kitchen and fireplace (which also serves as heating for the house), two beds and a toilet. The ger is the typical home of nomadic Mongolians and it is made up of a felt tent, which protects against the freezing temperatures of the region, and a wooden internal structure which supports this tent.

Expected Social Impact

The recipients of the homes are Bilguun and Dulguun, Temuulen, Khurelchuluun, Uuriintsolmon, Semjaantamjid, Erdenechuluun, Ariunjargal, Odonchimeg, Baasanbat, Sosorburam and their respective families.

The donation of these gers means not only that these families and children are removed from the unsanitary conditions in which they were living before, but also that they gain security, hope, and optimism to face the future.

This project also helps to revive the local economy by buying construction materials such as the fireplace/kitchen, the beds, and the toilet from local suppliers.

As always, this is a drop of aid in an ocean of need, but for Temuleen y Uuriintsolom, it is something that has changed their lives.